The protest caused hours of congestion and prompted the Taiwanese company to cancel a new payment plan.
Tag - demonstrations
dimanche 25 mars 2018
Thousands of Vietnamese workers take to highway to protest wage cuts
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 25 mars 2018, 17:59 - News in english
vendredi 8 décembre 2017
Vietnam reviews toll road after rare protests
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 8 décembre 2017, 15:15 - News in english
Vietnam's government has promised a full review of charges at a toll gate on a new road after protests there posed a rare challenge to the Communist authorities and showed signs of spreading.
lundi 25 septembre 2017
Vietnam uses water cannon to disperse protest at global fashion brands supplier
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 25 septembre 2017, 20:18 - News in english
Vietnamese authorities on Monday (Sept 25) used water cannon and electric rods to end a five-month long protest by villagers blockading a textile plant that serves global fashion brands, an official and a villager said.
lundi 17 avril 2017
Vietnam villagers hold dozens of policemen in land dispute
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 17 avril 2017, 20:36 - News in english
Villagers in Vietnam's capital on Monday were holding more than 30 people, most of them policemen, over a land dispute in a rare defiance of the communist government.
mardi 14 février 2017
Vietnam police stop fishermen marching to make claims at steel firm
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 14 février 2017, 20:29 - News in english
Police in Vietnam stopped hundreds of protesters on Tuesday from marching to present compensation claims against a steel plant over a toxic spill last year, activists said.
lundi 3 octobre 2016
Outrage over fish kill in Vietnam simmers 6 months later
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 3 octobre 2016, 20:41 - News in english
Six months after a chemical spill killed tons of fish and devastated fishing communities along Vietnam’s central coast, anger over the episode is still raw, posing a challenge for a government that has struggled to address it.
lundi 22 août 2016
Bicycle parade promotes LGBT rights in Vietnam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 22 août 2016, 09:22 - News in english
Hundreds of people on Sunday took part in a colourful bicycle parade through the streets of Hanoi in support of LGBT rights as the country marked its fifth annual Viet Pride event.
dimanche 17 juillet 2016
Vietnam removes protesters gathered for anti-China rally in Hanoi
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 17 juillet 2016, 15:37 - News in english
About two dozen people are bused away even before they begin their protest against Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea
lundi 6 juin 2016
Vietnam breaks up protests as anger seethes over fish deaths
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 6 juin 2016, 08:31 - News in english
Dozens of activists have been detained in Vietnam's two biggest cities after trying to hold protests calling for greater government transparency over a recent spate of mass fish deaths.
dimanche 5 juin 2016
Vietnam breaks up protests as anger seethes over fish deaths
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 5 juin 2016, 12:09 - News in english
Dozens of activists were detained in Vietnam's two biggest cities Sunday as they tried to hold protests calling for greater government transparency over a recent spate of mass fish deaths.
dimanche 1 mai 2016
Rare rallies in Vietnam over mysterious mass fish deaths
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 1 mai 2016, 12:07 - News in english
Hundreds of people demonstrated in Vietnam on Sunday against a Taiwanese firm they accuse of causing mass fish deaths along the country's central coast, with some also blaming the government for a sluggish response to a major environmental disaster.
lundi 14 mars 2016
Vietnam protesters denounce China on anniversary of navy battle
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 14 mars 2016, 20:18 - News in english
Demonstrators marched in Vietnam's capital on Monday to mark the 28th anniversary of a bloody naval battle with China and to denounce Beijing's growing assertiveness in the hotly contested waters of the South China Sea.
dimanche 5 octobre 2014
Cambodia's ethnic Khmer Krom activists continue rally in front of Vietnamese Embassy
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 5 octobre 2014, 10:44 - News in english
PHNOM PENH - Around 100 ethnic minority Khmer Krom monks and activists in Cambodia continued their rally in front of the Vietnamese Embassy here on Sunday, marking the 2nd day of a fresh protest against a Vietnamese diplomat.
vendredi 3 octobre 2014
Hong Kong protests are China's internal affairs: Vietnam FM spokesman
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 3 octobre 2014, 19:59 - News in english
HANOI -- "Protests in Hong Kong are China's internal affairs," stated Le Hai Binh, spokesperson of Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.
jeudi 14 août 2014
Vietnam demands Cambodia punish extremists for burning Vietnamese flag
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 14 août 2014, 08:33 - News in english
Vietnam strongly protests against an illegal demonstration staged by Khmer Kampuchea Krom extremists who burned Vietnamese flags in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on Tuesday, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.
dimanche 3 août 2014
Vietnam hosts third gay pride parade as attitudes soften
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 3 août 2014, 10:57 - News in english
Around 300 activists led a colourful parade through Hanoi on Sunday in the nation's largest ever gay pride event, as communist Vietnam shows signs of increasing tolerance of sexual difference.
mardi 22 juillet 2014
Taiwan's Formosa Plastics to receive $2.39 mln in Vietnam compensation
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 22 juillet 2014, 09:13 - News in english
Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group said on Monday it will receive $2.39 million in compensation from the Vietnamese government and a Vietnamese insurance firm for damages incurred during anti-China protests in May.
mardi 15 juillet 2014
Vietnam dismisses Cambodian protest demanding Mekong Delta
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 15 juillet 2014, 20:36 - News in english
The Vietnamese embassy in Cambodia has dismissed a protest that drew more than 200 locals on Wednesday as an illegal and groundless argument.
jeudi 19 juin 2014
Behind Vietnam's anti-China riots, a tinderbox of wider grievances
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 19 juin 2014, 08:21 - News in english
HANOI—The waves of riots that followed peaceful demonstrations in Vietnam last month and targeted crucial manufacturing centers provide a cautionary tale for businesses who view the country as a low-risk, stable manufacturing environment.
dimanche 8 juin 2014
Viet Tan reactionary party behind riots in Vietnam hub
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 8 juin 2014, 14:12 - News in english
Police in Ho Chi Minh City have concluded that the riots that broke out in Thu Duc District last month was incited and caused by what so called the Viet Tan (Vietnam Reform) Party, an outlawed reactionary organization based in the U.S.
lundi 26 mai 2014
Pro-Vietnam protesters march in Hong Kong, calling for China to leave
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 26 mai 2014, 08:24 - News in english
About 200 protesters staged an anti-China protest in Hong Kong yesterday over a sovereignty dispute involving Vietnam in the South China Sea - the first of its kind so close to the mainland.
samedi 24 mai 2014
Vietnam police indict 259 rioters in Binh Duong Province
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 24 mai 2014, 08:48 - News in english
Police in the southern province of Binh Duong have completed their investigation into recent riots at some provincial industrial parks and officially indicted 259 people for inciting the unrest, which caused serious damage to hundreds of companies including foreign-invested enterprises.
Video shows Vietnam woman burns self to protest China’s oil rig
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 24 mai 2014, 08:28 - News in english
An elderly woman burnt herself to death early Friday morning at the entrance gate of Ho Chi Minh City Reunification Palace to protest China’s encroachment of Vietnamese waters in the East Vietnam Sea.
dimanche 16 février 2014
Vietnam deploys dancers to foil protests
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 16 février 2014, 11:58 - News in english
HANOI — Anti-China protesters hoping to lay wreaths at a famous statue in the Vietnamese capital on Sunday were obstructed by an unusual sight of ballroom dancers and an energetic aerobics class held to a thumping sound system.
dimanche 26 janvier 2014
Cambodia protests unmask anti-Vietnam views
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 26 janvier 2014, 11:38 - News in english
Racially charged slogans are sometimes mixed with opposition calls for more democracy and higher wages.
dimanche 12 janvier 2014
Police probe Samsung factory riot in northern Vietnam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 12 janvier 2014, 16:08 - News in english
Police in the northern province of Thai Nguyen launched an official investigation Thursday into the fracas that broke out between security guards and workers at the construction site of a multi-billion dollar Samsung complex earlier that day.
jeudi 9 janvier 2014
Workers clash with police in Vietnam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 9 janvier 2014, 20:54 - News in english
State media says 11 people were injured in the violence between workers building a Samsung factory and police.
dimanche 27 octobre 2013
Hundreds gather to support same-sex marriage in Vietnam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 27 octobre 2013, 18:23 - News in english
Hanoi - Around 300 people gathered in central Hanoi early Sunday for staged weddings as a protest in support of same-sex marriage ahead of a parliamentary debate.
lundi 5 août 2013
Activists parade for gay rights in Vietnam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 5 août 2013, 20:48 - News in english
HANOI - Some two hundred activists waving rainbow flags and carrying hand-painted banners biked in a colourful convoy through central Hanoi today as part of the communist country’s second gay pride parade.
vendredi 28 juin 2013
Khmer Krom protest arrests
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 28 juin 2013, 08:33 - News in english
More than 100 monks and other demonstrators railed against the Vietnam government’s continued incarceration of two monks for their alleged affiliation with Kampuchea Krom organisations yesterday.
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